I think for a country that depends so much on agricultural exports that we should really be taking more of a stance on it rather than acting like it's a non issue.

In saying that though it's not like we've had stable leadership for a while...our Prime Ministers seem to be a game of revolving chairs and I don't think that helps with any sort of firm footing on any issue...

I think for a country that depends so much on agricultural exports that we should really be taking more of a stance on it rather than acting like it's a non issue.

In saying that though it's not like we've had stable leadership for a while...our Prime Ministers seem to be a game of revolving chairs and I don't think that helps with any sort of firm footing on any issue...

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Good point re rapid turnover in leadership. Maybe it's just my perspective being American but shouldn't the legeslative branch kind of moderate that ? It's as though the PM does as he pleases. I like it to mob rule if the population just forces in a new PM willy nilly.

Worst of all it hasn't even really been the public's choice - for instance when Kevin Rudd was voted in back in 2007, and then in 2010 the party ruled to appoint Julia Gillard as leader, it wasn't put to public vote - the party just decided that Rudd wasn't fit to be leader anymore, or didn't have the backing of the general public (without even putting it to a vote, just an in-party takeover)...

There's definitely a system by which any decisions have to get backing from the party, and it gets put to a vote...but it's one of those things that the politicians often just go along with whatever keeps them in a job.

You can probably tell I have a bit of a sour taste in my mouth with Aussie politics right now - I feel like there's no one worth believing in, and no one that's really going to progress the country forward. I'm not living there right now, but obviously since I'm a citizen there it's rather disheartening to say the least.

Worst of all it hasn't even really been the public's choice - for instance when Kevin Rudd was voted in back in 2007, and then in 2010 the party ruled to appoint Julia Gillard as leader, it wasn't put to public vote - the party just decided that Rudd wasn't fit to be leader anymore, or didn't have the backing of the general public (without even putting it to a vote, just an in-party takeover)...

There's definitely a system by which any decisions have to get backing from the party, and it gets put to a vote...but it's one of those things that the politicians often just go along with whatever keeps them in a job.

You can probably tell I have a bit of a sour taste in my mouth with Aussie politics right now - I feel like there's no one worth believing in, and no one that's really going to progress the country forward. I'm not living there right now, but obviously since I'm a citizen there it's rather disheartening to say the least.

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Unhappiness with the govt is going around. I'd watch that, the leven of fed up is very high.